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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Dawson, Margaret, Lady
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Mercer, Margaret Ann Young
Dawson, Margaret Mercer
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Description area
Dates of existence
1830-1913
History
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1830, the daughter of a merchant, Margaret A. Y. Mercer married John William Dawson in March of 1847. The couple lived at 293 University Street, Montreal. One of her sons, George Mercer Dawson (1849–1901), became a well known and respected scientist and geologist like his father. She died in September of 1913.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Dawson-Harrington Families
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family
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Related entity
Dawson, Eva, 1865-1915 (1865-1915)
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family
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Dawson, Eva, 1865-1915 is the child of Dawson, Margaret, Lady
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n 77019195
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Sources
Annmarie Adams and Peter Gossage, “Health Matters: The Dawson and Harrington Families at Home.”